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bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma" |
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Fri, 24 Dec 2021 22:22:37 +0200 |
> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Cc: 52785@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 15:04:38 -0500
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> >> The result is that when full name is specified in the system as
> >> "Steingold, Sam", `user-full-name' returns "Steingold".
> >>
> >> Are we really sure that this is still the intended behavior?
> >
> > Yes, I think so.
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> Why?
Because we have been doing that since 1996.
> > Feel free to suggest a documentation patch.
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> Sure, as soon as I understand the reason for this behavior (because it
> has to be included in the doc!)
It doesn't. (I could hypothesize about the reasons, but I'd rather
not.)